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turbinetree

(24,710 posts)
Sat May 16, 2020, 11:09 AM May 2020

Trump's removal of State Dept. IG linked to possible investigation of Pompeo: NPR

Published 2 hours ago on May 16, 2020
By Tom Boggioni



According to a report from NPR, Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to remove State Department Inspector General Steve Linick was linked by a Democratic lawmaker to a possible investigation being opened into actions by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

The president served notice late Friday that he intends to replace Linick in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

According to NPR, “Linick had been on the job since 2013 and had recently issued reports criticizing some Trump appointees of retaliating against career public servants. Democrats expressed outrage at his firing. The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., accused President Trump of taking the action to protect Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.”

“I have learned that the Office of the Inspector General had opened an investigation into Secretary Pompeo,” Engel said in a statement. “Mr. Linick’s firing amid such a probe strongly suggests that this is an unlawful act of retaliation.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/trumps-removal-of-state-dept-ig-linked-to-possible-investigation-of-pompeo-npr/

Hey Pompass, just think this is what your future mug shot is going to look like after you are indicted after January 20, 2021, your an absolute disgrace to ever have worn the uniform, just, like that Flynn, asshole...............

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Trump's removal of State Dept. IG linked to possible investigation of Pompeo: NPR (Original Post) turbinetree May 2020 OP
And apparently this is illegal EleanorR May 2020 #1
He sent a letter to congress giving them 30-day notice of the firing jimfields33 May 2020 #4
It's not missing. Kingofalldems May 2020 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author jimfields33 May 2020 #7
Bumbeogate sandensea May 2020 #2
No wonder why Pompous won't run for the Senate. Sneederbunk May 2020 #3
The law only matters if it is enforced. And it won't be. Midnight Writer May 2020 #6
It is the power of the presidency Chainfire May 2020 #8

Response to Kingofalldems (Reply #5)

Midnight Writer

(21,778 posts)
6. The law only matters if it is enforced. And it won't be.
Sat May 16, 2020, 01:43 PM
May 2020

Our Judicial system needs to do its job of checking the Administration, instead of kicking everything down the road until after the election.

They refuse subpoenas, ignore document requests, defy legislation, there is no oversight whatsoever.

Chainfire

(17,582 posts)
8. It is the power of the presidency
Sat May 16, 2020, 03:13 PM
May 2020

You will see the power misused more and more as the year progresses. As long as the Senate is OK with it, there is not a damn thing we can do. Trump will always be known as the king of the cover-up.

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